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Students from Edward R. Murrow High School had a conversation with Borough President Eric Adams about how to improve accessibility for young people with physical limitations. It's part of Adams' Barrier Free Brooklyn program. The goal is to get young...

A 942-foot high rise with apartments, office space and a school could be making its way to Fulton Street next year, city records show. An application has been submitted to rezone the lot at 625 Fulton Street to allow 1.5-million-square-feet...

A man accused of raping a young woman in a Brownsville Park earlier this month has been arrested, police said. Jason Lopez, 40, was arrested Saturday and charged with dragging his 20-year-old victim into Betsy Head Park, raping her then...

A jury has found the a teen accused of dragging an NYPD officer with a stolen car last year in Brooklyn not guilty of trying to murder him. Justin Click here to view original web page at newyork.cbslocal.com

Police found a 49-year-old man dead in an apartment hallway after a 911 call to Clinton Avenue #1A on Friday. Police said they were called to the apartment around 9:40am and found the man, unconscious and unresponsive, laying face up...

Plans for large Pacific Street high-rise were rejected by a local community board after the developers refused to pledge themselves to the land use committee's recommendations. Community Board 8 voted unanimously Thursday night not to support Avo Constructions' plans for...

United Hardware has been serving Bay Ridge for more than 80 years. And the large awning outside was there before Mason Sinno took over the business 30 years ago. There was never a problem with the sign, until a couple...

Shoppers were out scooping up products at a pop-up shop in Clinton Hill on Saturday. More than 20 vendors participated in the event hosted by Black-Owned Market. All of the brands are locally based, selling items like candles, ties and...

Police are investigating a motor vehicle accident after a pedestrian was struck by an NYPD patrol car in Brooklyn. The incident happened near New Lots Avenue and Jerome Street around 6:45pm, police said. Two police officers were responding to ...

Last weekend, New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA ) doubled the speed limit on sections of two subway lines in Brooklyn, two decades after a high-speed train crash killed an operator and injured dozens of passengers. The recent...

Stuyvesant High School is the most competitive of the eight test-in specialized schools in New York City. Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to enroll more black and Click here to view original web page at www.nytimes.com

by Dr. Georgia Gaveras As the rich jewel tones of autumn begin to fade into winter’s silvers and grays, twinkling lights and candy canes immediately replace the harvest moon and pumpkins. And so it begins, the most wonderful time of...

Permits have been filed for an eight-story hotel at 118 New Jersey Avenue, in East New York. Located three blocks from the J and Z trains at the Alabama Avenue subway station, the new development is between Atlantic Avenue ...

One Brooklyn boy just thought he was being a friendly neighbor, but 4 million people have now viewed a heartwarming moment captured on camera. It all happened between an East New York middle schooler and his elderly neighbor.It was a...

Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Brooklyn that left a bicyclist dead. It happened at 1:00am Friday in East New York. The victim, 21-year-old Din Rajon, was in a bike lane, riding eastbound on Pitkin Avenue, parallel to a...

New York Police Department officers arrested a 40-year-old woman Thursday after videos emerged of her kicking and hitting a woman with an umbrella while calling her by an anti-Asian slur during a morning ride on the D train in Brooklyn....

A Brooklyn-based tenant advocacy non-profit has launched “Who Owns What,” a website for tenants, community organizers and elected officials to report property ownership and management company networks across New York City. The platform, available at WhoOwnsWhat.nyc, uses an algorithm built...

A Brooklyn man threatened to “put a bullet in” a U.S. senator because she criticized President Trump on reproductive rights issues, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Michael Brogan, 51, was so riled up by Click here to view original web...

A mother who was violently separated from her toddler son during an arrest Friday at a Brooklyn social services office has resolved an unrelated case against her in New Jersey, according to the public defender's office representing her. Jazmine Headley,...

A 33-year-old reporter snapped a photo of a man she says exposed himself to her for two subway stops in Brooklyn The man is described as being about 25 to 35 years old; anyone with information about him is asked...

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Launched in 2013, BK Reader (formerly The Brooklyn Reader) is an online hyperlocal daily news source reflecting the art, culture, business and lifestyle of the fastest-developing areas of Central and East Brooklyn.